Reviews by Lorenzai_Konstantinov:

I am reviewing this straight from the can, and the reason being is because of the little words on the can that say "caramel color added" which completely negates any appearance judgements since it's artificial.

The smell of this beer is a very grassy and grainy smell mixed in with an otherwise pretty standard adjunct nose. It has a lot of the same qualities smell wise as PBR in my opinion.

The taste is actually rather good in my opinion. It has a very grainy taste to it, with some muted caramel malt type taste going on and a bitter finish. I can't discern what kind of hops the bitterness comes from but it is very balanced and leaves the beer with a very dry finish.

The mouthfeel is a bit on the watery side but very creamy. Not much else to say about it.

Overall I would recommend this beer for times when you don't want a super complex beer, but still want something you can actually taste. It's above quite a few other beers in it's respective price point, and I enjoyed it.

Tastes light and pretty bland, some crackers and bread, vague apple from the yeast. Seems more like an oktoberfest or Vienna lager. Dry aftertaste, sort of a foamy, thin feel. Overall it's not terrible, seems free of adjuncts, but it's nothing unique or flavorful either. No off flavors, just pure and simple beer. Likely an easy match with most foods. Not something i'd go for again.

T- First thing that hit me was the bitterness. I'm going to assume the "Pride of Ringwood" hops are used here. That's what's used in Foster's Lager. There is a very noticeable graininess here as well. It also has a light fruitiness to it and a strange bready, yeasty character. Caramel/toffee is there, but nothing is as bold in the flavor as the bitterness and yeast character.*I must admit, the flavor improves as it warms. Less weird yeast, and little more rounded in the flavors.

M- This is where the beer shines. It's straight up medium in body. It nothing like Foster's Lager. It's got a nice heft to it. It's crsip as hell and the drinkabilty is the same.

Overall, this isn't anything bad. I'd rather drink a pale lager or some of the malt liquors out there than this. It is 5.5%, so it'll get the job done after 3 cans. But, I think some lagers and malt liquors have more consistency throughout a can/bottle. This one just had the weirdest bitter, grainy, yeasty flavor. It got better as it warmed, but I'd just rather drink the Foster's Lager. Foster's Premium Ale gets a 79/100 for me. It's not terrible.

Ridiculous 750ml oilcan, emblazoned with a kangaroo, which just makes me a little embarrassed. I should note that I've never seen anything like this in Australia. Purchased from BevMo in Sunnyvale, CA.

Pours a pleasantly clear, deep golden colour, with a frothy, loose head of white. This burns out quickly, leaving just a ring of foam around the edge and some streaks of lace. Carbonation is quite fine. Actually it looks pretty decent.

Nose is slightly metallic and a slightly sweet: together the characters mingle to give a faint spice character almost like cinnamon. Some empty, light sulphury tones, come through, along with a little greenness or vegetative sweetness. It's not all that great, but it's relatively inoffensive.

Taste is turning a little more towards being unpleasant, with a wet grain and yeast tone giving it an underlying suggestion of organic rot. There's still the metallic character, but the sweetness flattens out and becomes quite dry on the finish, leaving a floury, almost desiccated tone to the finish. This allows the metallic bite to draw out longer than it should, leaving an unpleasant twang on the finish. Feel is light and clear. Actually relatively good.

Overall, this is not a truly offensive beer. It's quite light and drinkable, and for its flaws, it ends up being pretty alright actually. Struth.

Foster's "premium" ale. 25.4 oz. oil can. First and foremost i'd like to take notice on the side of the can are words stateing "ale with carmel color added". Whatever that means?

A- medium amber color like a stronger american lager. Very foamy head that reminds me of dish soap that slowly fades to a small suddsy top.

S- Nothing special smells like light carmel malts and maybe a hint of hops.

T- Just a tad more than the smell... has a bitterness that isn't from the hops maybe the added carmel color? All and all plain in flavor with only a touch of hops and cereal malts. Has a strange metal after taste though.

M-D- Just a beer. Foamy, regular old beer. Not to bad on the taste buds...but not a regular. Finished can but would go any further.

An above average outing for Fosters, I will take this one over their regular lager any day. Nice pour with a light amber color and respectable lace that hung around for awhile. Smell was of grain and sweetness but a touch of caramel malt as well. Flavor is smoothe yet not too complex with a touch of caramel malt in the front and your standard astringency in the middle. Decent clean finish and balanced carbonation round out this brew. A simple and effective brew, nothing more, nothing less.

This is a fairly tame ESB. It's watery with a sweet malt. I don't find it to be very bitter at all though. It doesn't taste like it has enough hops in it to get a proper bitter flavor. Overall this this ale is a let down. I doubt most who'd drink this would know it's supposed to be in the ESB style.

Eh, its a little darker than straw colored yellow. Has that bad aroma you get from bad canned beer.

Taste is better than expected, little malt, corn possibly with the type of sweetness, works, ok but a good bitter twang to it. All bittering hops feel to the beer. Little to evaluate mouthfeel wise, its a one trick pony, for better and/or worse. Cheap, but you get what you pay for to a degree.

Appears a pale copper color with a light white head forming thick and sticking around for quite awhile. Fine loosely formed speckled lacing around the sides of my glass. Aroma has cereal grains with some cooked vegetable notes with hints of caramel. Flavor pretty harsh flavor a bit of grainy sweetness filtered through some dirty husky malts. Probably a better idea to serve this cold out of the oil can than drinking it from a glass. More harsness cooked vegetables and everything unenjoyable in beer. Mouthfeel is thin bodied highly carbonated quite a boring experience. Overall not well made beer in any regards why drink this with so many craft options out there.

I love the oil cans. Nothing like a giant can that you have to drink quick or else it gets too warm to enjoy. 25.4 fluid ounces of "ale with caramel color added." What the F@#k does that mean? The brew pours a coppery, caramelized sugar color. There is a vigorous head that rises a full three inches. Despite the ferocious tan head there is very little carbonation in this crystal clear beer.

The smell is of wet toasted grains with a hint of bitter hops. Kind of rough and slightly unpleasant to my nose.

The taste is the best part. It is a sweet malt flavor balanced with a hop bitterness. There are light caramel tones but I have to wonder if they are somewhat artificial. I can't put my finger on whether or not it comes from roasted grains or additives.

The mouthfeel is kind of interesting. There is a moderate bitterness with a slightly numbing quality to it. Despite the poor scent and questionable additions, this beer is not impossible to drink. In fact it gets easier as you get closer to the bottom of the glass. Combine that with a low price and this is a great beer to get the party started.

Taste - Follows the nose; starts slightly grainy, then a bit of sweetness hits around mid-taste. Finishes with that same sweetness, and just a modicum of floral bitterness before a touch of metallic character joins the cast in the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel - Light to medium body. A fair amount of carbonation. Nothing all that noticeable.

Overall - Geez, I haven't had a Fosters "Green Can" in well over two years, and now I know I've graduated into "full-on beer snob". I could smell the cheap ingredients from a mile away, and the taste was no different. Once upon a time I thought this beer had a nice, distinct bitterness; now I find it disappointing at best, laughable at worst. Overall, it's certainly drinkable, and has a good body and a decent sweetness, but if my review were a few years ago, I probably would've rated this higher, and I was drinking great beer at the time... which begs the question, has this beer gone downhill, or has my palate taken a considerable leap?

T: a bit wry, cereal grains, and sugary sweet. All of these flavors are unassertive and dimensionless. Huskier than the boy I had earlier but it is arguable that this beer is almost an identical version of Fosters regular lager with a little more edge

M: crisp and dry overall, slight tartness in the finish and husky

D: another travesty in a fat can....sorry, I will take a different ESB. This guy felt like a heavy macro